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amishman
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 Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:56 pm Post subject: Thing brakes compared to Bug |
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I have not received my Thing Maintenance Manual yet and all I have so far are all my Transporter manuals and a couple Beetle related manuals. Is the Thing brake system the same as Beetle braking systems? I happen to have two bug manuals right now, a Chilton 1949 to 1971 Beetle/Ghia/Bus guide and a Autobooks Beetle manual that covers 1968 to 1974 Beetles 1200/1300/1500/1600/Ghia.
Just wanted to get a head start reading up on how to adjust and make sure the brakes are up to snuff on the Thing and wondered if these guides I have right now is basically what the $75 Thing manual I am ordering contains.
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ztnoo
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Location: Indiana
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| Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 3:17 am Post subject: Thing brakes compared to Bug |
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Rear brake drums, shoes and backing plates are Thing specific.
Master cylinder and wheel cylinders are not Thing specific. Front brake backing plate is Thing specific. |
http://www.eppx.com/veewiki/index.php?pagename=ThingOnlyParts |
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amishman
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| Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 8:33 am Post subject: Re: Thing brakes compared to Bug |
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Thanks, this helps in terms of the parts. I think my main concern is the "procedure" for which the braking system is repaired and adjusted and is it basically the same as the Beetle line. It appears just some parts are Thing specific but the procedure for doing brake work is the same so following my Beetle repair guides procedures for repair would be the same, correct.
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Towel Rail
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Joined: April 15, 2005
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Location: SE CR IA US NA PE
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| Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 11:18 am Post subject: Re: Thing brakes compared to Bug |
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That's a really cool website. I had no idea the 1973 and 1974 model years differed so much!
- Scott
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1974 Thing -- under the knife
1967 Beetle -- spring/summer/fall driver
1996 Subaru OBW (EJ22, 5-speed, AWD) -- winter car, 3-seasons "don't feel like biking today" car
049 > 070 > 053 > 009 |
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kubelmann
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I am pleased you like our website. A number of us put more than a few hours into the interfaces and data sets. It is actually one of the most complete Thing web sites on the net. Its main strength is how easy it is to link to all of the other great Thing web sources. For example it has a complete link to most of the BN-4 gas heater data that exists.
It contains pockets of info like my disk brake pages that give references that do not exist anywhere else. Again, I am pleased you find it useful. It was a great thing that Ian did when he put that page online.
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